Night

In her poem, “The Flying Nightdress,” Mandakranta Sen describes something fantastical and strange that occurs while the rest of the world is asleep. The imagery of the poem is dreamlike, but the situation it describes is otherwise presented quite straightforwardly. Today, we challenge you to write your own poem that takes place at night, and describes something magical or strange that happens but that no one is awake (or around) to notice.

In the sea, glowing fish rises
towards to the surface, closer to
white light-bulb moon.

A horse sleeping on Kildare grass
swishes its tail as consciousness
rises above silvery fields

Rises to meet that bright night
cocooning old figures etched
and woven in pillowy blanket

Of stars and space debris
While deep-sea fish lowers
its skyward gaze

Ashamed at sight of horse's
dream, and light-clad sky
Where nothing is what it seems.